Definition of Decurions. Meaning of Decurions. Synonyms of Decurions

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Definition of Decurions

Decurion
Decurion De*cu"ri*on, n. [L. decurio, decurionis, fr. decuria a squad of ten, fr. decem ten.] (Rom. Antiq.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

Meaning of Decurions from wikipedia

- Look up decurion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decurion may refer to: Decurion (Roman cavalry officer), a Roman cavalry officer in command of a squadron...
- Hadrian. There were thus c. 2,500 decurions serving in the auxilia at any given time. In the imperial period, decurions were no longer conscripted Romans...
- collection, and decurions were expected to make up any shortfall in the local tax collection out of their own pockets. Many decurions illegally left their...
- The Decurion Corporation was an American corporation with headquarters in Los Angeles, California. It was the parent company of Pacific Theatres and ArcLight...
- senatorial and equestrian. Outside Rome, cities or colonies were led by decurions, also known as curiales. "Senator" was not itself an elected office in...
- September, and levied from individual landowners by decuriones (decurions). These decurions, analogous to city councilors, were responsible for paying from...
- the magistracy of the decurions. De curialibus et de agnatione vel distractione praediorum et de ceteris negotiis, "Decurions, Their Children and The...
- 284-305 AD). The curiales (Roman middle class) were often forced to become decurions where they were charged with parti****ting in local government at their...
- divided into ten units (turmae) of 30 men. These men were commanded by decurions. In addition to heavy cavalry, there would be the light cavalry levied...
- came from the curial class, that is those holding the hereditary rank of decurion with the obligation to serve on the city council, as only persons of this...